Imrali sets a concerning precedent for the treatment of prisoners in Turkey, says lawyer
The treatment of prisoners at İmrali Prison, where Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Öcalan is held, has set a ...
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Kurdish orgs issue pro-diversity Ramadan messages, advocate for peace
As the Islamic holy month of Ramadan begins, the leaders of Turkey's pro-Kurdish Peoples' Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party have ...
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Turkish strikes in Syria may amount to war crimes: UN Commission report
Syria is currently experiencing an unprecedented wave of violence, the United Nations Commission of Inquiry on Syria warned in a ...
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Kurdish umbrella organisation slams Blinken, calls for recognition of Kurdish rights
Kurdistan National Congress (KNK), a Brussels-based coalition of European Kurdish organisations, has strongly rejected US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's ...
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Gaza death toll tops 31,000 as Ramadan begins
The death toll in the Gaza Strip has risen to at least 31,112 in more than five months of conflict ...
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We can never forget Palestine
Sarah Glynn There is little that can be said about Palestine that has not already been said. There are ...
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Turkish gendarmerie prevents environmental activists from entering Godernê valley
Barricades set up by the Turkish gendarmerie prevented environmental activists and civil society organisations, who had gathered for a public ...
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DEM Party co-chair slams Erdoğan’s ‘Terroristan’ rhetoric
The Turkish government has no project for the Kurds that will not cost blood and tears, said Tuncer Bakırhan, co-chairman ...
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First Newroz fire lit in Hawraman, Iranian Kurdistan
This year, the first fire of Newroz, the Kurdish New Year celebrated at the spring equinox, was lit in the ...
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United call for freedom: Kurds in Turkey to celebrate Newroz with renewed vigour
The declaration for the Newroz celebrations in Turkey, the Kurdish New Year and harbinger of spring, was announced in Diyarbakır ...
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